The other day I had some free time after a client and so I headed to Whole Foods, bought some murky green juice and plunked myself down on the steps outside. I left my phone in the car, and for a couple of minutes I just swallowed and observed; there were a couple of those guys whose job it is to hang out on street corners with clipboards, the ones who, sans clipboards, might otherwise ...

In my eternal quest to help you Simplify and get yourselves together (get it together!), today I present unto you a most doable project. The inspiration or see, it can be done! is a recent client-kitchen-cupboard-overhaul that listen, come on, took under thirty minutes. Probably closer to twenty minutes if I was to guesstimate although organizing is my zen-zone, meaning I'm not exactly watching the minutes tick by waiting for the time to pass. Regardless of ...

How much it costs has absolutely nothing to do with it. Oh, I know what you're thinking: the price tag has everything to do with everything! The price tag determined by a retailer does not necessarily (at all!) dictate what that item will really cost you. What will adding another toy, another item of clothing, another book cost you and your household? Will it be the thing that tips the scales--from living within your spatial ...

It's come to my attention that far too few people have step stools at their ready disposal. There is, after all, little to no point in vertical storage space if said space is out of reach. I'm not talking Annie-height limitations either; as houses are made to house people they're naturally greater in scale than their occupants. Anything that gets stored on your tippy-top most shelves and highest-up cabinets best be the things you use ...

Right about now is when many of my clients start to feel especially overwhelmed; they feel the approaching holiday season and the conclusion of the calendar year and worry that they won't be able to accomplish all they had planned to before then. Or worse: they admit defeat, throw in the towel on 2014, and promise to take back up the cause come New Year's Day. In a society that perpetually pushes us to look ...